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Sunday, August 28, 2005

Franz Kafka quote:"My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well."

Carl Jung quote:"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."

Seneca quote:"Drunkenness does not create vice, it merely brings it into view."

Quote from 'Clerks' the Animated SeriesRANDAL: Those rides are put together by junkies and alcoholics. DANTE: No, they're not.DRUNK: Do you guys sell Elmer's glue and thumbtacks? We're trying to put together a Tilt-a-Whirl...DANTE: No and no. DRUNK: Well, rubber bands it is... I cut my hand on a rubber band! Do you sell Band Aids? RANDAL: Band Aids is a brand name. The proper term is adhesive strips... DRUNK: So do you sell adhesive strips or what? RANDAL: No. DRUNK: Well, that's just great. How are we gonna hold the merry-go-round together?

Saturday, August 20, 2005

The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Quotes:- "The only recurring dreams I can remember are all on going cold turkey, and it was always that the dope was hidden behind the wallpaper. And in the morning, you'd wake up and see fingernail marks where you actually tried to do something about it...."- "Someone asked me how I cleaned up, so I told them I went to Switzerland and had my blood completely changed."- "I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police."- "Nobody's got the right to judge over what I am putting into my body, apart from myself."- "I haven't stopped smoking - anything."- "I'm tired of being number one in the naughty boys drug poll. It's time they picked on somebody else."

Jam Session - Personal Recovery Stories Page"Much like the stories that follow the first 164 pages of the 'Big Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Men and Women of Musicians Anonymous have a story to share as well. Our stories disclose in a general way what it we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now":Members of Musicians Anonymous Share their Stories

The Big AnnouncementA musician showed up drunk again at his girlfriend's place at 3 o'clock in the morning. He insisted she wake up because he had a big announcement. "I think I have the perfect name for my new band! 'Sir Rocksalot & The Knights of the Sound Table'. Whaddya think?" And on that note, she had heard enough. "I'm going back to bed now and don't try to follow me! For all I care, call it: Sir Drinksalot Can Spend the Night Under a Bar Room Table."

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Elvis Presley Talking about Drugs and His Own DeathFictional posthumous Elvis quote from Paul Jaffe's book, 'Clothed in Light'

"Wasn't anybody's fault. I don't wanna sound conceited, but it's almost impossible to describe what it was like being Elvis. I needed to relax and catch my breath, that, and I couldn't stand the pain of my family breaking up. That's where the drugs came in.

Then I became the slave rather than the master of these prescriptions. There I go, calling the drugs prescriptions; I used to delude myself that I didn't have a drug problem because it was all coming from doctors. It was just an excuse. Prescription drugs, street drugs, same thing if you use 'em like I did.

Nothing's more boring than drugs, even though some people think they're glamorous... I became something I wasn't. Once that happens, who cares?

What happened was a bad combination of drugs, the ones I usually took combined with the codeine my dentist gave me the night before. I'd had allergic reactions to codeine before but for some reason I forgot.When you don't care bad things happen. You forget what you need to remember. That's what happened to me 16 August 1977. But if it hadn't happened that day it would've some other..."

Java Diva Blog"Here you can read about my journey through battling addiction (as well as addition), trying to be the best Mom I can be and occasionally my incredible distain for sorting socks (Not necessarily in that order)":Mommy Needs Coffee

Java Julie's Blog"I rather enjoy reading others' blogs - in fact, it's how I avoid washing the dishes (at least for a while). Happily partnered lesbian, great job, good friends":Life is Good ...but for the Grace of God

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Hitchcock's 'Rear Window' Film Quote:JEFF: She's like a queen bee with her pick of the drones.LISA: I'd say she's doing a woman's hardest job: juggling wolves.JEFF: She sure is the 'eat, drink, and be merry' girl.STELLA: Yeah, she'll wind up fat, alcoholic and miserable. Maybe one day she'll find her happiness.JEFF: Yeah, and some man'll lose his.

Hitchcock Trivia"Alfred Hitchcock was once stopped at the French border by a suspicious customs official. Eyeing the space where Hitchcock listed his profession as "producer," the official demanded, 'And what do you produce?' 'Gooseflesh,' Hitchcock cooly replied." More like this:Alfred Hitchcock Anecdotes and Fun Facts Page Here

Barney GumbleIf there's one thing Barney Gumble loves more than beer, he hasn'tdiscovered it yet. And not for want of trying. Hard liquor, sterno, coughsyrup, turpentine, he's tried them all. Once, in a fit of desperation, he dranksome non-alcoholic champagne, with near-fatal consequences. But beer!Wonderful Beer! Barney would kill his own brain for a beer. He's drunk beerout of ashtrays, sucked beer out of rags, licked windows made of old beerbottles, and realizing a dream come true, drunk straight from the tap untilhis heart stopped. As he's said more than once, "If Moe's Tavern didn'tclose, I'd never leave."

Bait Cars & Drug Addiction"A bait car is a vehicle owned by the police and is intended to be stolen. After a bait car is stolen, the location, speed, and direction of travel of the vehicle is monitored by police dispatchers at EComm through GPS tracking. Everything that takes place inside the bait car is caught on audio and video. The dispatcher will coordinate a police response and once officers are in position behind the bait car, the engine will be disabled at the click of a mouse button which allows for the quick arrest of the car thieves." -- According to this website, many of these videos demonstrate a linkage between auto theft and hard drug addiction. See for yourself here:Police-Captured Videos and Auto Thieves Page

Friday, August 05, 2005

Ringo Starr Quotes- "I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs."- "That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end."- "There's a woman in the United States who predicted the plane we were traveling on would crash. Now, a lot of people would like to think we were scared into saying a prayer. What we did actually - we drank."- "So this is America. They must be out of their minds."- "I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do."RingoStarr.com

Paul McCartney Quotes- "LSD opened my eyes. We only use on-tenth of our brain. Just think of what we could accomplish if we could only tap that hidden part! It would mean a whole new world if the politicians would take LSD. There wouldn't be any more war or poverty or famine."- "I now realize that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache."- "I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know."PaulMcCartney.com

George Harrison Quote- "There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high - that's where I'm going."George Harrison

John Lennon Quotes- "LSD went on for years. I must have had a thousand trips. I used to just eat it all the time."- Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism, This-ism, That-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m. All we are saying is give peace a chance."- "There's nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love."Instant Karma